IC: We have women in the Gemara who put on Tefillin. Arguing that it’s Assur from history doesn’t work.
Truthsharer: Look, the protests might not be the best way to go against them. But that doesn’t change the fact that they are *dead wrong*. It hasn’t been news for decades because they did it differently. They weren’t making a public statement. They were quietly Davening to themselves, in their own little corner, volunteering a Mitzvah at the holiest place they have access to. And no one cared. Because those women were being honest in what they wanted to do and just wanted to Daven. We can make a Sugya over whether or not Tefillin is a Mitzvah that women are allowed to volunteer, but when they weren’t trying to “liberate” the Kosel from its Mechitzah and attack Yiddishkeit, no one bothered them. The history until now and the difference now should show you that these women are trying to destroy our religion and that they are wrong. I’ll agree that there are better ways to fight than throwing diapers. But that doesn’t mean we can take this lying down.
Oh, and the women who want no Mechitzah and/or to wear Tefillin are a much smaller minority than the men and women who just want to Daven like Jews always have.